Comments by "Jim Werther" (@jimwerther) on "American Optimist" video.

@metalman666ization Reagan was one of the greatest presidents in US history
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@Derp12 Reagan was racist? WHAT?? That's utterly ridiculous.
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@peterpan8263 Your claim about Reagan is obviously false
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@metalman666ization Reagan was an economic success by any metric, and had major foreign policy successes. He took over a country that was rapidly failing within and without, created a sustained, booming economy, and returned us to our rightful place as world's greatest superpower, while pushing the Soviet Union out of business.
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@mbburry4759 One more absolutely false claim
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@metalman666ization As Edwin noted, you are an ignorant blowhard.
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@metalman666ization You Austrians tend to be off the deep end. I particularly enjoy your claim that I'm the one cherrypicking, when the two claims you brought are the very definition, and that would be true even if they made sense. Only a radical Austrian would prefer that the vaccination system shut down so we can watch measles, mumps, rhubella, and lord knows what other diseases run rampant, just so he can claim to be a pure libertarian. Sometimes government involvement makes sense, such as with law enforcement and firefighting. Trump had the federal government underwrite much of the Covid vaccine research, which has saved countless lives. I'm sure you were opposed, right? Rather have dead bodies everywhere in order to be a 100% pure Austrian, of course. Anyone who knows the first thing about Reagan's presidency could not possibly claim that he did not deregulate. In fact, Reagan removed price controls on oil and gas, reduced restrictions on the financial services industry, and relaxed enforcement of the Clean Air Act. The Department of the Interior also opened large areas of public land for oil drilling. Furthermore, there is no bigger regulation than limiting one's ability to make money with onerous taxes, which Reagan cut down to size. I don't know which Austrian purist you are parroting here, but your ignorance is palpable.
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@metalman666ization I demonstrated my point conclusively, to which you have no reasonable response. It would be nice if you were to admit which nut you are parroting, but I guess you'd rather not give that up. Whatever, you're not capable of defending your own claims, instead just repeating words you don't understand, and are therefore an obvious waste of time.
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@metalman666ization No, unlike you I am a knowledgeable, rational, thinking person. If asked about Reagan's legacy, not one person would raise the two issues you did among the top 100 of his presidency; the take on the first one is entirely misguided, and if the second one exists, I can't find it. Reagan took a country which had ceased to believe in itself, which was at the mercy of the Soviet Union, and which had outrageously high (by US standards) inflation and unemployment, and saved the country, in short order, on all counts. You listened to some libertarian wacko - some Ron Paul/John McAfee/Tom Woods type - and are parroting his claims while understanding very little. In real life, Reagan cut taxes and regulations, as I specified above.
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@metalman666ization I write facts, you respond with nonsense, as you have no facts. As to the only relevant claim you made: The House was Democrat through all eight years of Reagan's presidency, limiting his ability to cut spending. Read the Constitution sometime: we don't have kings here.
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